Bathtub



June 20, 1939. I A. RADIMSKY I 2,163,154

BATHTUB Filed Dec. 50,. 1937 Patented June, 20, 1939 UNITED STAT ES [PAT BATHTUB August Radimsky, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Application December 30, 1937', serial No. 182,499 I In Austria December 15, 1937 (llaims.

type of bath-tub. With the hitherto used types of bath-tub the user's person is compelled to assume an unnatural posture. Thus, when the persons; finally, the step sure-footed out of the full bath-tub requires particular skill on the part of any user. Also with the known types of bathtube bathing becomes unnecessarily expensive, since a larger quantity of water is used than is 5 tub is properly filled the bathers head is in necessary, and the surplus also has to be heated,'

0 with .the incurring of corresponding additional expense.

The present invention obviates these backs and objections entirely, and provides a bath-tub in which the bottom or trough portion slopes upwards from the foot end to the head end and is shaped to conform to the outlines of the human form in a reclining posture. In a bath-tub designed .on these lines the bathers person assumes a natural and comfortable reclining posture completely submerged, while to fill the tube to the required level the quantity of water needed is only about half that required to fill an ordinary bath-tub. In accordance with the invention there are further provided in the wall of the bath-tub one or more recesses in which the bather can find support for the feet,- and which provide an effective safeguard against slipping and loosing hold. Finally, the bath-tub according to the invention is further improved by the fact that the upper edge or rim is inwardly returned so as to form a flange, roll, or beading all round by cans of which splashed water is caught and returned into the tub.

Forms of construction embodying the invention are shown, by way of example, in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. I is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a plan view of the bath-tub according to the invention.

Fig. 3 shows in longitudinal section a portion of amodified form of construction. Figs. 4 and 5 show modifications of the rim of the bath-tub, in vertical section.

The bath-tub -I may, like those hitherto used,

drawable material, and is provided in the usual manner with three or four feet 2. The bottom 4 slopes upwards from the endv wall 3- at the foot end of the tub to the head end thereof, and is at the same time so curved that the curvature 5 corresponds to the contour of the human form reclining on the back. The bather is thus enabled to assume a natural and comfortable reclining posture. Moreover, without being subjected to the slightest danger the bather has both hands always free for washing, and can step out of the tub conveniently and easily. I

In Fig. 1 the broken line denoted by 5 represents the outline of the usual type of bath-tub. It will be seen at a glance, by comparing the out- 15 lines, that the' novel bath-tub according to the present invention requires very considerably less water to fill to the proper level than the usual type of, bath-tub, while the bathers person is nevertheless completely submerged. The bath-tub according to thepresent inven tion is'further provided, at the transverse wall 3 at the foot end, with one or two recesses 6 into which the bathers feet may extend. These recesses provide the bather with an effective safeguard against slipping, while at the same time the bather is the better-enabled to assume a comfortable. reclining position owing to these recesses. x To enable this arrangement to be serviceable for persons of shorter and extremely' short stature there are also provided, in addition to the recesses 6, and adjoining these latter, in the bottom 4 of the bathtub, a plurality of graduated or step-shaped foot-rests I, 8.

The upper rim of the bath-tub is inwardly returned, so that a flangeQ, or in the case of sheet metal bath-tubs with rolled edge a heading I 0, of any desired shape is provided all round the upper edge of the tub (see Figs. 4 and 5). The flange} or beading Ill prevents water from being splashed up out of the bath-tub during bathing, since the splashed water is caught by such flange or heading and returned in its entirety into the tub. In the form shown in Fig. 5 the hollo'w beading I0 is open on the under side, so that i an accessible hollow space H is provided. Into be made of sheet metal or be cast in any suitthis hollow space the splashed water enters and is caught, so that it is completely-impossible for water-to be splashed out of the tub.

The inwardly extending rim is also applicable to various other open liquid containers, such as wash-tubs, buckets, and the like, in which the liquid'contained therein is liable to be set inas motion -and-to spill out during washing or during transport on vehicles, and at other times.

I claim:

1. In a bath tub, a substantially horizontal surface in the middle of the bottom of such tub to support the middle portion of the bather, said horizontal surface being extended at one side by a curved surface with a progressively increasing gradient and supporting the back and head of the bather, the other side of the said horizontal surface being extended by a surface inclined thereto and supporting the legs of the bather, the bottom of such tub being in conformity with the anatomical contour of the body of the bather and supporting his entire length in natural and comfortable position of rest.

2. In a bath tub as specified in claim 1, a wall at the foot end, a bag-like recessed wall portion therein, a partition dividing the recessed wall portion into halves, said recessed wall portion being approximately at right angles to said inclined supporting surface for the purpose of securely supporting the feet of the bather.

3. In .a bath tub, as specified in claim 1, a wall at the foot end, a-bag-like recessed wall portion therein, a partition dividing the recessed wallportion into halves, said recessed wall portion being approximately at right angles to said inclined supporting surface to securely support the feet of the bather, one step extending over the entire width of the bottom of the tub and formed therein at the lowermost part thereof such step serving to support the feet of shorter bathers.

4. In a bath tub as specified in claim 1, a wall at the foot end, a bag-like recessed wall portion therein, a partition dividing the recessed wall portion into halves, said recessed wall portion being approximately at right angles to said inclined surface to serve for securely supporting the feet of the bather, a plurality of steps extending over the entire width of the bottom of the tub and formed therein at the lowermost point thereof, such steps being suitable for supporting the feet of shorter bathers'.

5. In a bath tub, as specified in claim 1, a

beading at the upper edge of the tub bent over 

